Remote access from front end

[Moss100]

Hi all,

I am considering getting something like a surface tablet and installing my front end database on this. How difficult would it be through a data connection to link on to the back end database back at the office?

I'm just after general info at present.

Many thanks for any pointers

Regards mark

 

[missinglinq]

Have no experience with this, but my understanding is that Access does very poorly with dropped connections, frequently becoming corrupted as a result.

Hopefully someone with direct experience will drop by!

The Missinglinq

Richmond, Virginia

The Devil's in the Details!

 

[JoeAtWork]

I haven't used Access much in the last 5 years, but back then it was never recommended to try to connect to a remote database. At best you got a very slow connection, usually you would just end up damaging your database. Access wasn't designed to work remotely.